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== Church photo ==

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Well, I've been told that the photo of the church we have here is Orthodox (a friend of mine), Armenian ([[User:Fadymm|Fadymm]], and Maronite [http://www.flat3.co.uk/levant/pages/990384.htm] by different sources. Anyone know the real story? {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 11:21, November 7, 2005 (CST)

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This Church in Beirut is not an Orthodox one. It is a catholic armenian church in downtown. Our Church in downtown is St. George's. Please change the picture.

The person who took the photograph went there and told me that it was Orthodox. In any event, can you provide a photo of another church? —Fr. Andrewtalkcontribs(THINK!) 05:55, 1 November 2005 (CST)

Yeah sure. I will get you a photo of St. George's. It's the oldest church in Lebanon. It's in fact three churches in one. It is really famous. I wonder who's that person who took that photo is! Didn't you notice that it's not built according to the Greek/Byzantine style.

There are a lot of variations on the Byzantine style. You can see Greek parishes in the US that look like the one in question. By the way, it will be helpful to all of us if you'd sign your posts on Talk pages. You can use ~~~~ to add your name and the time to your additions. —Fr. Andrewtalkcontribs(THINK!) 15:21, 1 November 2005 (CST)

Where is that talk page? and by the way, how do I add my name?

And with all due respect, the churches here (in this region) are ancient ones, unlike those in the US.

Roman Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East? Okay, I speak Arabic. We are "Roum Orthodox" in arabic. But Roum doesn't mean Roman, it means Byzantine. Just like The Roum Malkain are Greek Catholic, the Roum Orthodox are Greek Orthodox. Who has given you this faulty translation?

Roum is indeed derived from Roman and quite literally means the same thing. There never was any such thing as a "Byzantine" Empire. The inhabitants of that empire regarded and called themselves Romans (Romaioi). The translation was provided by the liturgical Arabic professor here at the seminary, who is a native of Jordan. It's also been corroborated by multiple clergy of Arabic background whom I know. He tells me that the Arabic word for "Byzantine" (as in, "Byzantine chant") is Bizanti. So, the upshot is that I'm going to stand by this translation, as it is not only consistent with my own etymological studies, but has the authority of, well, the authorities.

Regarding the architecture question, I was simply explaining why the church appeared Byzantine to me, not claiming that American ones were a standard. It is misleading, though, to imply that all the churches in the Middle East are ancient. There have been a goodly number that have been built in recent years, especially with the rebuilding of Beirut and the opening of other new churches, and thus a good number postdate many American ones, many of which are well over a century old.

Regarding signing Talk pages, this page you are reading right now is a Talk page, and you can add your name by using ~~~~.—Fr. Andrewtalkcontribs(THINK!) 17:45, 2 November 2005 (CST)

Church photo

Well, I've been told that the photo of the church we have here is Orthodox (a friend of mine), Armenian (Fadymm, and Maronite [1] by different sources. Anyone know the real story? —Fr. Andrewtalkcontribs(THINK!) 11:21, November 7, 2005 (CST)